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  • An LAPD helicopter claimed

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 10 21:12:29 2025
    An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and
    threatened to "come to your house."

    The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and
    digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial
    recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

    https://bsky.app/profile/motherjones.com/post/3lrau7qkp622z

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to adhellman1@gmail.com on Thu Jun 12 10:23:58 2025
    On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:21:01 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

    Perhaps it's only being used to identify the ones rioting and looting.
    If that's the case, I have no problem with it.

    I highly doubt facial recognition is possible via helicopter

    RE:"An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters..."

    Claimed....like everyone has a California state ID card...LEOs have
    used BS before...."Danno" is not going to knock on their door.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to adhellman1@gmail.com on Thu Jun 12 19:38:50 2025
    On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:46:52 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

    No doubt the
    government has more advanced cameras

    Unless they are looking up (or at the helicopter), I'd say a fat
    chance of AI pulling a rabbit out of the hat.

    04/05/2025
    100 km away
    The latest demonstration of this strategy is an experimental China
    facial recognition able to identify faces up to 100 km away, an
    impressive feat from a technical point of view, but one that raises
    serious concerns about privacy and espionage. https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/China%27s-new-facial-recognition-technology-impresses-by-identifying-faces-even-from-100-km-away-vml97/

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to here@is.invalid on Fri Jun 13 00:50:46 2025
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
    Perhaps it's only being used to identify the ones rioting and looting.
    If that's the case, I have no problem with it.

    That's easy, it's the cops.

    I highly doubt facial recognition is possible via helicopter

    Helicopter with a Stingray or whatever cellphone intercept device cops
    use these days could probably fish a bunch of people. Hard to pin down
    which ones are which unless they are actively streaming from the phone
    at the time of the intercept.

    Drone aerial surveillance to track vehicles, then ID via ground
    observation has been done before. Not sure how helpful that would be
    here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Zimmermann
    In 2013, an article on "Zimmermann's Law" quoted Phil Zimmermann as
    saying "The natural flow of technology tends to move in the
    direction of making surveillance easier", and "the ability of
    computers to track us doubles every eighteen months", in
    reference to Moore's law.

    Elijah
    ------
    lying about methods is a well known cop tactic

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